Hey there, and welcome back to advice session. A series here on Anything Goes, where you send in your

current dilemmas or anything that you want advice on. And I give you my unprofessional advice.

And today's topics are failure, work ethic, and perfectionism. And perfectionism in particular

is a topic that I hold near and dear to my

heart because I myself am a perfectionist. And no, I'm not humble bragging. Okay, I'm not over here

like, I don't know, I just have an incredible work ethic. I know it might sound like a blessing,

but I promise you it's a curse. It's exhausting being this

perfect. No, I'm not saying that. In fact, I'm saying the opposite. I actually think my perfectionism

gets in the way of me achieving. If perfection did exist, it doesn't. But if it did exist,

my perfectionism would be preventing me from reaching

that. My perfectionism holds me back. When I call myself a perfectionist, it's derogatory.

You get the idea. This is not a flex. That's sort of a misconception about perfectionism,

is that it ultimately is a blessing in disguise.

And maybe it is. Maybe it is. Like maybe if I were to observe myself, my current self, who I am right now,

and myself in an alternate universe where I'm not a perfectionist, perhaps me, the perfectionist,

would achieve more than the version of me in an alternate universe who isn't a perfectionist.

Perhaps, perhaps, but we'll never know that for sure. And as far as I can tell, it gets in my way.

Maybe for some people, it's a blessing in disguise, but definitely

not for everyone. And it is not a fun thing to deal with. And I've been dealing with it for many

years. And it's gotten better, I'd say, but I definitely don't have it all figured out. Like I haven't cured my perfectionism by any means.

It's still something that I struggle with actively.

So when I give you advice about it,

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